Don’t rush out to your local store for an HD television until you aware of how much you can comfortably spend and just exactly you want it for! If you are going to be buying – or already have – surround sound speakers, as a general rule of thumb, 10 percent of the TV’s cost should be spent on speaker cabling. You would also require av receivers or amplifiers to manage the external speakers. This is also an extra cost from several hundred upwards into the thousands but warrants another article altogether.

Speakers generally come in several forms, although there are many factors of them, you are typically looking at a ratio of 5. Most speaker systems are configured so there are two rear speakers, left and right plus a central speaker. Though these have independent and separate functions, it is essential to place them strategically with the seating place in the middle. Usually the av receivers/amplifiers can be suitably configured for the right volume output and the speakers positioned accordingly.

The basic function of a sub-woofer is to give the movie sound a real-life feel so having one would improve your overall movie viewing experience. It can give sound a completely real life feel, which is available only in theater halls. Moreover the deep bass frequencies, which you hear from sub woofers, are practically from all sides as they are at the level or below human hearing levels. It is very difficult for our ears to actually pin-point the direction in which the sound is coming and that is why we can only sense that an earthquake seems to be all around us, rather from coming from a particular direction.

Though you are free to place the sub woofer anywhere in the room, you still have to consider the size of the room, the type of flooring it has, the furnishing fabrics and the construction of the wall to get optimum output from it. The ideal position however of the sub woofer is in the front section of the room immediately to the right or left of the primary speakers. Speaker sets can be picked up relatively cheaply, and of course, second hand. If you are looking for the best speakers in the market, then if budget permits, go for the Canton movie CD-1 (now CD-101), which not only looks chic with smart aluminum construction, fabulous sound quality and an attention grabber.